Rural Republican Realignment in the Modern South: The Untold Story

by M.V. Hood III and Seth C. McKee

An inside look at why the Republican Party has come to dominate the rural American South

Beginning with the Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948 and extending through the 2020 election cycle, political scientists M.V. Hood III and Seth C. McKee trace the process by which rural white southerners transformed from fiercely loyal Democrats to stalwart Republicans. While these rural white southerners were the slowest to affiliate with the Grand Old...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643363026
• ISBN13: 9781643363028
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"